Candle lamp



April 13, 1948. o. D. GUILFOIL, JR 2,439,467

CANDLE LAMP Filed May 25, 1944 Patented Apr. 13, 1948 OFFICE:

CANDLE LAMP Oscar D. GuilfoiL Jr Syracuse, N. Y.

Application May 25, 1944, Serial No. 537,247

1 Claim. (01. 240-13) This invention relates to candle lamps, such assanctuary lamps, wherein the candle or candle unit is located within anouter receptacle, which provides an air space or jacket around thecandle or candle unit for warming up the air and conditiom'ng the candlewax for burning evenly, as the candle burns; and has for its object sucha candle unit including a container of transparent material, as glass,or any other suitable transparent material and a candle filling thecontainer, and suspension means by which the candle unit is suspended inthe receptacle to form the air space and can be quickly placed in thereceptacle and the empty container, removed therefrom, when the waxmaterial is consmned,

and in addition, the suspension means coacting' with the unit and thereceptacle to avoid violent dropping of the candle unit into thereceptacle by forming an air cushion or dash pot for the candle unit, inaddition to providing the air space.

Other objects appear in the description.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations andconstructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a candle lamp embodyingthis invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of parts seen in Figure 1.

The general type of candle lamp is shown in numerous prior art patents,such as Baumer Patent No. 2,050,151, issued August 4, 1936, and Muenchand Guilfoil Patent No. 2,082,897, issued June 8, 1937.

This candle lamp includes, generally, an outer member or receptacle oftransparent material closed at its lower end, an inner member as acandle unit placeable in the receptacle through the upper open endthereof, means interposed between the periphery of the candle unit andan inner wall of the receptacle and carried by one of the members, hereshown as by the receptacle, for slidably and frictionally engaging theother member, as the candle unit, when the candle unit is being placedor inserted in the receptacle, and also conversely when being removedtherefrom, this means also suspending the candle unit spaced from theside walls and the bottom of the receptacle when the candle unit isfully inserted in the receptacle forming an air space or jacket aroundthe lower portion of the candle unit, one

of these members also having means'coacting with the suspending means tolimit the movement of the candle unit into the receptacle. As

the suspending means is here shown as carried by the receptacle, thelimiting means is here shown ,as an annular peripheral shoulder on thecandle unit, this being conical for coacting inclined planefashionwiththe suspension means on the receptacle;

l designates the receptacle, which is transparent or translucent, itbeing usually formed of ruby'glass. Itis shownas mounted inany suitablemanner upon a base 2. Its lower end is preferably closed and its upperend open and the walls thereof flared outwardly, as at 3, to facilitatethe inserting of the candle unit into the receptacle and the removaltherefrom when the candle matter is consumed.

An ornamental cap as 4 may be placed. on the top of the receptacle, thishaving a base portion at 5, here shown as coacting with the outwardlyflared portion at the upper end of the receptacle.

The candle unit includes an outer container 6 of transparent material,usually glass, and a candle or body of wax. A candle unit of thisgeneral type is shown in Guilfoil Patent No. 2,340,- 527, issuedFebruary 1, 1944.

The means for suspending the candle unit in the receptacle spaced fromthe side walls and also the bottom of the receptacle is here shown as agasket I of yielding resilient material carried by the receptacle on theinner wall thereof and encircling the container 6, it being in effect anangular projection extending radially into the receptacle from the sidewalls thereof and coacting with the periphery of the container 6, thecontainer 6 being formed with an annular peripheral shoulder 8, hereshown as conical, with which the gasket coacts inclined plane fashion,when the container approaches its fully inserted position in thereceptacle. The gasket 1 and the shoulder 8 are located to coact betweenthe center of the length of the candle unit and the top thereof. Thecandle unit is of greater diameter above the shoulder 8 than below thesame, the difference being the amount the gasket projects into theinterior of the receptacle or the thickness of the portion I of thegasket. This provides an air space at 9 in which the air gradually warmsup as the candle consumes and conditions the candle wax for evenburning. The interior of the receptacle i above the gasket is also ofgreater diameter than the interior thereof below the gasket, or thewalls thereof are of less thickness above than below the gasket,providing an an space or well I2 is located below. the bottom en of thecontainer 6, this air space, of-course, communicating with the spaces 9.When the container is being inserted in the receptacle, upon the removalof the cap 4, it slidably engages the gasket 1 or the inner face of theportion]? thereof, and hence the container, if released, does not dropsuddenly into the receptacle because of the frictional engagementbetween-the gasket and the lower portion of the container ii, but movesslowly into position, owing to the fact that the air within thereceptacle below the gasket cushions the movement of the container-6 oracts something as a dash pot. When the container approachesitsfinal-position into the receptacle, the gasket coacts with-theinclined conical surface 8 and limits the movement of the receptacle.During the final movement -of the containerinto the receptacle, the airbeing compressed can pass out around the gasket by reason of the annulargroove H in the container 6. 1

The container can readily be removed'by taking hold of the top thereof,the flaring portion 3 4 of the receptacle providing room for taking holdof the top.

What I claim is:

In a candle lamp, an outer receptacle of transparent material and closedat its lower end, a candle unit placeable in the receptacle through theupper end thereof, and means for suspending the unit within thereceptacle with the portion of the unit below the suspending meansspacedfrom the inner wall and the bottom of the receptacle forming anair space, the sus- I pending means including an annular gasket on theinner wall of the receptacle, the unit having auconical peripheralsurface for coacting inclinedplane fashion with the gasket when the unitis fully in the receptacle.

' .OSCAR D. GUIDFOIL, JR.

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